A Team Commitment Issue: How Could This Have Been Prevented?

From Many Cultures One Team: Build Your Cultural Repertoire, by Catherine Mercer Bing

Here is an example of a team that has serious challenges:

You are a senior internal or external consultant specializing in creating effective team interventions. A client comes to you and during the conversation asks for team building training for members of a globally disbursed technology team. The client is convinced that the members of the team are not committed to the work of the team even though the outcomes are very important to the success of that division of the company. He points to missed milestone deliverables and a lack of urgency about meeting deadlines.